so i flashed my damn dvd burner with custom firmware, set my book type to dvd-rom, and voila!! I figured it was the media..i tried everything else at this point.

Anyway, what ways are there to play GC games on the wii? is the GC backup launcher the only way? I heard about a wiigator .3, is that any good? most importantly though, is there anything that can be made into a channel? that way i don't need an sd card

Another thing I might mention is that when the discs play they barely make ANY noise. My retail discs make a loud vibrating noise, these are silent!! awesome

I am now getting error 972, could you help me out on how you fix your problem?

I have NeoGamma R6, IOS249 Rev14, and Gecko 1.9 and nether will run my games that I am trying to burn now. I am also using DVD+R and they do work because I have three games that work, do not know if it matters but Wii Sports Resort, Demon Blade, and SSBB.